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Students connect peers to alumni, industry resources

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The Connect Team at Hamilton College in New York serves as a bridge between students and graduates working in various industries. Students of all grades work as part of their teams, connecting to alumni from that specific industry through student-facing events and blog posts. Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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MotorTrend shares 1996 Article about Alumnus Mark Allen’s (TD ’94) Sidewinder

College for Creative Study

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Are Career Paths of Young Black Professionals in Higher Education Being Impeded by Implicit Racism?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

So, instead of staying at one’s university and either adapting to the situation or trying to fight the system, professionals with their inherent commitment to the academy are giving up and looking for employment elsewhere, very often in completely different industries.

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It may be time to rethink the college minor (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Upon graduation, students receive their associate degree in automotive technology, along with up to 19 industry-specific certifications, and are employed at their sponsoring dealership. Academics in the ivory tower will question rightfully the underlying implications of involving industry in academic decision-making.

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The rights and wrongs raised by an exam marking boycott | Letters

The Guardian Higher Education

Particularly welcome was his exposure of the punitive deductions from salary for taking part in lawful industrial action at institutions such as Queen Mary University of London. Continue reading.

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Biotech boot camp at Villanova exposes students to career paths

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The sessions featured Villanova alumni working in biotech and pharma, covering both the industries as a whole and how to begin careers in both fields. No In-Article Careers: 3 Alumni represented a variety of career levels, with younger graduates from the 2010s up to graduates from the 1980s.

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Arts funding must be at the centre of government plans | Letters

The Guardian Higher Education

In response to Charlotte Higgins’s article on a collapse in arts funding Neil Mendoza says Arts Council England boosts cultural projects across the country; plus letters from Dr Alexis Bennett and Andrew Dailey Charlotte Higgins makes the familiar charge that “Arts funding has collapsed under 14 years of Tory rule” ( Opinion, 19 March ).